SAMMAMISH, Wash. – The #15 Pepperdine men's golf team closed out the first tournament of the fall season on Sunday, finishing in 11^th place with a three-round score of 911 (291-311-309) at the par-72 Sahalee Country Club. 

The Waves had gotten off to a strong start in the first round yesterday, but trailed in the second to enter today's round with some work to do.  The team was unable to string the necessary low scores together in the final round, though Pepperdine did surpass USC on the leaderboard, leading the Trojans by 20-strokes in the third round and 13-strokes overall.  

PLAYER SCORES

• Sophomore Joshua Koo (Cerritos, Calif./Cerritos HS/Washington) led the Waves with a 225 (71-79-75), finishing tied for 34^th overall.  He started out his first nine holes even par, and eventually finished with two birdies in the round.  He led the Waves with nine birdies throughout the two days.
• Freshman William Walsh (San Mateo, Calif./Junipero Serra HS) finished tied for 47^th with a three-round score of 229 (73-78-78).  He marked five birdies throughout the tournament, including one in the final round.
• Sophomore Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton HS/USC) was tied for 49^th with a score of 230 (77-77-76) and freshman Kristoffer Kuvaas (Houston, Texas/The Village School) ended the tournament in 64^th with a three-round score of 237 (79-77-81). 
• Sophomore Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif./Jesuit HS) finished tied for 61^st with a score of 235 (76-76-83).  He was competing as an individual for the tournament.

UP NEXT:
The Waves will head back out on the road later this week, heading to Olympia Fields, Ill. on Friday-Sunday, September 15-17 for the Fighting Illini Collegiate Invitational. 

THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Illinois 863; 2. Arizona State 871; 3. Washington 874; 4. Arizona 876; 5. Duke 880; T6. Texas 883; T6. Texas Tech 883; 8. Oklahoma State 886; 9. Stanford 896; 10. Wake Forest 905; 11. Pepperdine 911; 12. USC 924.

Top Individuals: 1. Preston Summerhays (Arizona State) 211; 2. Max Herendeen (Illinois) 211; 3. Filip Jakubcik (Arizona) 215; 4. Chuan-Tai Lin (Washington) 216; T5. Jackson Buchanan (Illinois) 217; T5. Petr Hruby (Washington) 217; T7. Jacob Sosa (Texas) 218; T7. Rayhan Thomas (Ok. State) 218; T7. Luke Sample (Duke) 218.